One of our favorite family activities happens for three weekends once a year — Open Studios. We are really lucky to live in a place that has such a great variety of working artists. From the little pictures in the catalog (which you can buy at pretty much any bookstore in town, as well as…

The first time I was involved in fundraising for a school, my son’s preschool was in unanticipated trouble. There was a large (five figure) hole in the budget, and we needed money fast. Until then, I’d grumbled about the little fundraisers, and bought my way out. There were the raffle tickets that I bought rather…